El PASO, Texas – The El Paso Zoo invites the public to El Paso’s WILDEST trick-or-treat in town as it hosts its annual “Boo at the Zoo” from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, October 29, and Sunday, October 30.

Boo at the Zoo features pumpkin bowling, a creepy crawly glow in the dark bug room, an alligator alley haunted house, Zoo-rassic park, an inflatable bounce house and slide, a Halloween maze, live entertainment, and more! Watch the animals enjoy special Halloween enrichment treats, including pumpkins and piñatas! Guests are invited to wear costumes and enjoy trick-or-treat candy stations and fun fall activities.

The first 2,500 children each day will receive a recyclable trick-or-treat bag. Activities and candy stations are provided at no cost with paid admission (with exception of giraffe feeding, train and carousel rides). This family-friendly event provides a safe environment to have some ZOO-rrific fun while celebrating Halloween.Tickets for the event may be purchased in advance by visiting the zoo between 9:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. until Friday, October 28.

Boo at the Zoo provides only certified sustainable palm oil candy and palm oil free candy at each candy station, provided by Walmart, to bring awareness to wildlife habitat destruction worldwide. As an ingredient, palm oil is found in at least four out of 10 household products. Worldwide palm oil consumption is doubling every 10 years. This oil is produced from palm oil plantations that are cutting down critical wildlife habitat to expand operations, mainly in Malaysia and Indonesia. More than 85 percent of all palm oil globally produced and exported is from Indonesia and Malaysia, where the palm oil industry is linked to major issues such as deforestation, habitat loss, climate change, animal cruelty and human rights abuses. Large-scale deforestation linked to unsustainable palm oil practices is pushing many species to extinction.

Many animals species worldwide connected to the animals at our Zoo- including Asian elephants Savannah and Juno, Sumatran orangutans Ibu, Khaleesi and Butch, and Malayan tigers Seri, Belahat, Melor - could go extinct in the wild if the palm oil industry continues its current practices.